The
Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein is the best children's book ever, but it's probably
been a while since we all read it, so thankfully Dan Piraro of Bizarro
reminded us:

It’s a terrific book and one I used to read to my daughters when
they were little. It’s all about a tree that loves a little boy
so much that it lets him play in her branches. When he is a little older,
she gives him her apples to sell for money. Some years later, she gives
him her branches and limbs so he can build a house for his family. Once
his family is gone and he’s an old man, she gives him her trunk
to make into a boat so he can sail away. As he sails out to sea, she
intentionally sinks and drowns him for being such a selfish jackass
his whole life. In the final scene, the lonely tree stump is chuckling
to itself, then blows it’s own brains out.

I may not be remembering that entirely correctly, but you get the point.